Heat wave

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Heatwave, 1970

Heatwave was a very successful international funk band in the 1970s .

One of the most famous pieces by Heatwave is Boogie Nights , which appeared on the 1977 album Too Hot to Handle . Its composer, Rod Temperton later composed for numerous other artists such as Michael Jackson ( Off the Wall (1979) and Thriller (1982)). Members of the group were the Americans Johnnie Wilder , Keith Wilder (1952-2017), the English Rod Temperton (1949-2016), the Swiss Mario Mantese , the Czechoslovak Ernest Berger , the Jamaican Eric Johns and the British Roy Carter .

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US R&B R&B
1977 Too hot to handle - UK46
silver
silver

(2 weeks)UK 		US11
platinum
platinum

(45 weeks)US 		R&B5 (42 weeks)
R&B
1978 Central heating - UK26th
silver
silver

(15 weeks)UK 		US10
platinum
platinum

(26 weeks)US 		R&B2 (28 weeks)
R&B
1979 Hot property - - US38
gold
gold

(14 weeks)US 		R&B16 (16 weeks)
R&B
1981 Candles - UK29 (9 weeks)
UK 		US71 (10 weeks)
US 		R&B24 (14 weeks)
R&B
1982 Current - - US156 (6 weeks)
US 		R&B21 (14 weeks)
R&B

more publishments

  • 1988: The Fire
  • 1989: Sound of Soul
  • 1997: Live at the Greek Theater
  • 1999: Inside Me, Out of Time

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US R&B R&B
1991 Gangsters of the Groove - The 90's Mix - UK56 (1 week)
UK 		- -

More compilations

  • 1979: Rod Temperton
  • 1981: Greatest Hits
  • 1982: Power Cuts - All Their Hottest Hits
  • 1983: Maximum Heat
  • 1984: Heatwave's Greatest Hits
  • 1989: Funk Masters
  • 1991: Boogie Nights
  • 1992: Dance Hits
  • 1993: Best Of
  • 1994: Always & Forever
  • 1996: Always & Forever - The Best of Heatwave
  • 2001: Long Long Way 1990-2001
  • 2002: The Heritage Collection
  • 2005: The Heatwave Collection
  • 2007: Best of Heatwave (2 CDs)
  • 2010: Too Hot to Handle + Central Heating (2 CDs)

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US R&B R&B Dance Dance
1977 Boogie Nights
Too Hot to Handle 		DE31 (6 weeks)
DE 		UK2
silver
silver

(14 weeks)UK 		US2
platinum
platinum

(27 weeks)US 		R&B5 (27 weeks)
R&B 		Dance36 (2 weeks)
Dance
Too Hot to Handle / Slip Your Disc to This
Too Hot to Handle 		- UK15 (11 weeks)
UK 		- - -
1978 Always and Forever
Too Hot to Handle 		- - US18th
platinum
platinum

(20 weeks)US 		R&B2 (17 weeks)
R&B 		-
The Groove Line
Central Heating 		- UK12 (8 weeks)
UK 		US7th
platinum
platinum

(17 weeks)US 		R&B3 (19 weeks)
R&B 		-
Mind Blowing Decisions
Central Heating 		- UK12 (11 weeks)
UK 		- R&B49 (10 weeks)
R&B 		-
Always and Forever / Mind Blowing Decisions (Remix)
 - UK9
silver
silver

(14 weeks)UK 		- - -
1979 Razzle Dazzle
Hot Property 		- UK43 (5 weeks)
UK 		- - -
Eyeballin '
hot property 		- - - R&B30 (11 weeks)
R&B 		-
1980 Gangsters of the Groove
Candles 		- UK19 (8 weeks)
UK 		- R&B21 (15 weeks)
R&B 		Dance74 (3 weeks)
Dance
1981 Where Did I Go Wrong
Candles 		- - - R&B74 (7 weeks)
R&B 		-
Jitterbugging
candles 		- UK34 (7 weeks)
UK 		- - -
1982 Lettin 'It Loose
Current 		- - - R&B54 (8 weeks)
R&B 		-
1990 Mind Blowing Decisions (Decision Mix)
Gangsters of the Groove - The 90's Mix 		- UK65 (2 weeks)
UK 		- - -
Feel Like Making Love
Gangsters of the Groove - The 90's Mix 		- UK90 (1 week)
UK 		- - -
2001 Grooveline
 - - - - Dance24 (10 weeks)
Dance
Pete Lorimer vs. Heat wave

More singles

  • 1976: Ain't No Half Steppin '
  • 1976: Super Soul Sister
  • 1979: One Night Tan
  • 1979: Therm Warfare
  • 1981: Turn Around
  • 1981: Posin 'Till Closin'
  • 1982: Look After Love
  • 1987: Straight from the Heart
  • 1988: Who Dat?

Video albums

  • 1995: Always and Forever ( VCD + CD)
  • 2001: Musikladen (concert on the TV show Musikladen , 1976)

swell

  1. ↑ Keith Wilder, Singer of Acclaimed Funk Outfit Heatwave, Dead at 65
  2. ↑ a b c Chart sources: Singles UK US
  3. ^ The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
  4. ↑ a b c gold / platinum databases: UK US
  5. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
  6. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0898201864 .
  7. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .

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